Jazz Santa
There was a cool festive feel to The Jazz House tonight as presenter Stephen Duffy did his best to get us all into the Christmas spirit. The prospect of live music drew me upstairs to Studio 6 where half the music department seemed to have gathered to munch mince pies. There was even a Jazz Santa on stand-by to perform live programme idents from time-to-time.
Actually, it wasn't the real Jazz Santa - because he's busy at the North Pole making toy saxophones - but producer Keith Loxam was doing a fairly good impersonation of him. He just lacked the dark glasses.
The actual programme producer Sushil Dade offered me a cameo role on the show. Fearing I might be asked to assume the character of the Jammin' Elf, I declined.
I also declined the offer of a mince pie, which is the truly remarkable part of this story.
